Brother of Al Jazeera correspondent among Palestinians released in Gaza
One of the Palestinians freed on Monday was the brother of our correspondent, Ibrahim al-Khalili. Our correspondent made the journey to southern Gaza to reunite with his brother, Mohammed.
The Israeli military detained both of them last year, during its ground offensive in Gaza City. Al-Khalili was later released, while his brother remained in detention for 19 months.
Like most of the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip imprisoned en masse by Israel, he was held without charge or trial.
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Released Palestinians included dozens of Gaza health workers
Advocacy organisation Healthcare Workers Watch says the list of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons on Monday included the names of at least 55 health workers, including 24 nurses, seven doctors and two paramedics.
Of those, at least 44 “were abducted by the Israeli Occupation Forces from the hospitals where they were working”, Healthcare Workers Watch said, noting that 115 more Palestinian healthcare workers from Gaza are still in Israeli detention.
Dr Muath Alser, the cofounder and director of Healthcare Workers Watch, said that Israel’s “systematic abduction of healthcare workers is a war crime” that has seen highly trained medical professionals held unlawfully and Palestinians deprived of medical care.
Alser called for Israel to “immediately and unconditionally release all the detained healthcare workers, including the bodies of those tortured to death in detention”.
